Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He saw Owen redden with pleasure , and laughed , flinging an arm about his shoulders so forgetfully that it was a worthy as well as a willing sacrifice Owen made for him , containing the pain of the embrace . |
| 32 | I 've probably been in all the shops down there but I , I do n't know what the name is . |
| 33 | It was to be alleged that the respondent had pushed the father of the two brothers so violently that he fell and cut his head and that he dragged or threw their sister in such a way as to cause bruising to her arm and neck . |
| 34 | According to Miller Freeman 's vice-president Don Pazour , the sale of M&T Books so soon after its acquisition by Miller Freeman was due to the resignation of Linda Hanger , who had been ‘ the driving force behind the books ’ division under M&T Publishing . |
| 35 | All the staff in salons selling TiGi Linea have been trained so that they can recommend using two shampoos alternately so that your hair does not develop a build-up to a particularly product , which so often results in dull , lifeless hair . |
| 36 | The Regional Railways order made waves not only because it went to a newcomer in train-building . |
| 37 | The Regional Railways order made waves not only because it went to a newcomer in train-building . |
| 38 | Go for short walks near your home , making the walks progressively longer until you are well used to the boots . |
| 39 | Turn the grapefruit shells over so that they can drain . |
| 40 | Industry preparing for the Government legislation is luring inspectors away faster than they can be recruited to enforce it . |
| 41 | Odd-Knut has never seen one either , but that is less of a surprise as the noise and smell of his dogs frighten most animals away long before he spots them . |
| 42 | David Norman used his words more precisely when he said they were ectothermic reptiles which were able to keep their bodies at a constant temperature ‘ by being very large and living in a warm , mild climate . ’ |
| 43 | They may be freer to experiment or help unpopular clients , and the government can then disown them or cut off funds more readily if it is attacked . |
| 44 | Volunteers can help clients more effectively if they are allocated time for tasks other than direct interviewing . |
| 45 | QUIZ king Tim Brownsett came top of the boffs once again when he scooped the Brain of North Staffordshire title for the second time . |
| 46 | The muscles contract immediately before the bat emits each outgoing pulse , thereby switching the ears off so that they are not damaged by the loud pulse . |
| 47 | I do not count calories any more and I eat three meals a day . |
| 48 | It 's got a face there and he 's got ears up there and he 's got erm the ears on the other head of his |
| 49 | This duo looks set to spend the summer fighting understeer , that invigorating condition which ensures your racing car heads straight on when you are attempting a corner . |
| 50 | They wo n't get anything until six months later anyway cos I did n't . |
| 51 | There was not far to go ; I only had to keep my eyes straight ahead and my pace unhurried . |
| 52 | On the other hand he did , once on the jetty , bend his knees carefully so that he could deposit my suitcase next to another item of my luggage before loping off somewhere else with the sack still on his head . |
| 53 | There he became a world champion in a year filled with controversy and difficulty and there he learned that he neither really liked being world champion ( it was inhibiting ) nor really driving fast cars as fast as he was expected to ( they were thoroughly frightening ) . |
| 54 | They 've got no use for words back there where we 've come from . |
| 55 | ‘ You may find this job a little … unusual , ’ he said , choosing his words as carefully as he picked his way through stacks of jerrycans , bundles of wire , and anonymous green sacks . |
| 56 | In everyday speech , we do not pronounce words as clearly as we do when we are asked to say them in isolation . |
| 57 | These were tubed to two bottles of pale green dye which , under weighted pressure , travelled up the lymph channels as far as my lower abdomen , filling the infected nodes , thus making any change in size or behaviour easy to spot on X-ray . |
| 58 | If only Messrs Cook could guarantee a benefit to mind and manners as easily as they can guarantee a comfortable journey ! |
| 59 | and then finally we could finish off with Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men or whatever they want to call themselves from and they could say well we 're the guys in between we 've got clients out there but we have to deal with printers and estimators and this is what life is like for us . |
| 60 | Well , I ca n't promise that if you leave I 'll be as generous as he was ; I 'll continue your allowance certainly , but as for a house , no ; for as you are well aware , because you know the books as well as I do , it takes us all our time , even with my salary , to continue living here as we have done of yore . |